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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has designated Rep. Sean Maloney of Cold Spring as one of the top 26 incumbents who will get help from the party in fending off Republican challenges in 2014. Maloney will be part of the DCCC’s Frontline Program, which the party on Tuesday said will “lay the groundwork for the 2014 [...]

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The selection of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney’s Republican presidential running mate will assure that Ryan’s proposal for trimming future federal spending will be a key issue in New York’s competitive House races. Democratic Rep. Louise Slaughter of Fairport, Monroe County, pounced on the announcement Saturday by pointing out that her Republican opponent, [...] More »

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Within four minutes of each other last night, both Rep. Nan Hayworth, R-Mount Kisco, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee sent out dueling press releases on the House vote extending the Social Security payroll tax cut that will expire at year’s end. Hayworth was among the 234 representatives who voted in favor Tuesday night of [...] More »

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Freshman Rep. Chris Gibson has named Bill Teator as the head of his Energy Advisory Council. Earlier today, Gibson announced he was forming a council of experts to advise him on how to make his district a leader in clean energy. He is already coming under fire from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for the choice because Teator has served as a lobbyist in the energy sector. More »

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Rep. Paul Tonko is cruising to re-election this year and the latest Federal Election Committee campaign disclosure forms underline the financial mismatch in New York’s 21st congressional district. Tonko, the incumbent Democrat, raised more than $160,000 between July and September while his Republican challenger Ted Danz received $6,330 during the same period. Tonko spent $116,000, […] More »

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Josh Kraushaar of the Hotline has an interesting investigative tweet today. HotlineJosh points out that the National Republican Congressional Committee has announced plans to reserve advertising air time in the race to defeat Capital Region Democratic Rep. Scott Murphy, but the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee “hasn’t yet” done the same, he writes. But Murphy’s not […] More »

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